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Three Angels prospects have been selected to play for the East team in Saturday's Rising Stars Game, the mid-season all-star game in the Arizona Fall League.

Outfielder Mike Trout, shortstop Jean Segura and right-hander David Carpenter (all playing for the Scottsdale Scorpions) were selected for the game which will be televised on MLB Network at 5 p.m. (PT) Saturday from Surprise Stadium.

Segura has been the most impressive in the first weeks of the AFL season, batting .320 (16 for 50) in 13 games with 11 runs scored. A recent 8-for-20 tear raised Trout's average for the fall season to .273 (18 for 66) with a disturbing 20 strikeouts. Carpenter has made five relief appearances, allowing seven runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings while striking out six.

Catcher Hank Conger is also playing for Scottsdale and has batted .227 (10 for 44) with eight RBI in 11 games.

Brandon Wood won't make the start for his fall league team, the Mesa Solar Sox, Wednesday night against Scottsdale, but no one here came to see Wood -- at least not tonight.

Washington's No. 1 overall pick Bryce Harper will make his first appearance in an Arizona Fall League game, and a number of local and national media are here to get a look at the 18-year old super prospect.

During batting practice, Harper hit at least three monster home runs, including one well over the wall in center (marked 430 feet).

The Angels have asked Brandon Wood to play winter ball this year. Wood has agreed but he will do it close to home in the Arizona Fall League.

The league is usually stocked by prospects on the rise and the 25-year-old Wood will likely be one of the older players in the league (and one of the few with extensive major-league playing time).

But the Arizona native is planning to get married in December and has had some poor experiences in his previous winter ball stints (in the Dominican Republic and Mexico). Wood set an AFL record with 14 home runs and led the league with 32 RBI in 2005.